Seriously, Brave looks almost exactly like Chrome–and if you know how to use Chrome, you already know how to use Brave. Brave (left) looks and works so much like Chrome you might forget it’s a different browser (view full size here). After using Brave instead of Chrome for the few months, I now think every Chrome user should switch to Brave and ditch Google’s browser for good. I ended up giving the upstart Brave web browser a try–and I’ve never looked back since. Since I was already using Safari as my “accounts” browser and Firefox as my “everyday” browser, that meant I needed to find a third browser to replace Chrome as my new “work” browser. Recently, however, I’ve decided to de-Google my life as much as possible. As for why I used Chrome for work: I’ve found that it’s the most widely compatible browser and behaves nicely with whatever services I use. I use three browsers frequently: Safari for sites I need to log in to (I call this my “accounts” browser), Firefox for general web browsing of sites I never log in to (my “everyday” browser), and–until recently–Chrome for the publishing systems and online tools I use as a journalist (my “work” browser).

I’m a big believer in browser compartmentalization. The company has also tried to pull off some things in Chrome in the past that have been branded “ a full-fledged assault on user privacy.” And with Chrome, Google can suck up even more information about your browser’s activities. After all, Google’s aim is to know as much about us as possible in order to target us with more relevant ads. This alone is enough to unnerve people who care about keeping their online activity to themselves.

The drawback to Chrome is that it’s owned by Google.

Add brave search to safari